Magnetic Island Water Pipeline

Scope of work

Install 5km of 550mm diameter HDPE pipeline between Townsville and Magnetic Island, in a trench, and fully backfilled.

In House development of pipelay system. This involved a 30m flat top barge that was converted to jet the trench, install the weight blocks, launch the pipeline down the stinger into the trench, and backfill the trench.

Install 2 landward tie in sections

All pipe welding (into 300m strings), pressure testing, connections on the deck of the barge, and pigging and sterilisation.